23:31
The army wants homosexuality and adultery to remain as punishable offences to ensure discipline and has made a representation to the defence ministry, a year after the Supreme Court decriminalised these acts, sources said on Thursday. The sources also said the Army Act had a provision under...
23:29
British telecom giant Vodafone on Thursday said it will continue to stay invested in the Indian market and is seeking the government's support to tide over the current challenging times. The clarification assumes significance as Vodafone Idea is staring at nearly Rs 40,000 crore of...
22:58
In a major development, the United States House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution to formally proceed with the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.The resolution sets the stage for the next phase of investigation into a whistleblower's complaint which...
22:54
Condemning the snooping of Indian journalists and human right activists through WhatsApp, NCP leader Dhananjay Munde on Thursday wrote to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, seeking steps to stop suchspying activities.He also demanded the guilty concerned be given strict...
22:52
A day after the Rajasthan high court quashed a case of illegal bovine transportation against lynching victim Pehlu Khan, his sons and a transporter, chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday alleged that the former state BJP government and police intentionally registered the case against...
22:51
Parts of Maharashtra are expected to receive post-monsoon rains for another week, said an official of the Indian Meteorological Department on Thursday.Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning are very likely to occur at isolated places over Vidarbha, Marathawada, Central Maharashtra,...
22:43
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in New Delhi on Thursday night on a two-day visit during which she will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a host of bilateral issues, with nearly 20 agreements expected to be signed between the two countries. Merkel was received at the...
22:24
The United Kingdom Parliament on Thursday suspended one of Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MPs Keith Vaz for six months after he was found to have expressed willingness to purchase cocaine for male prostitutes.MPs approved the suspension after the Parliament Standards Committee concluded...
22:03
Spiralling inflation and not the Kashmir issue is the biggest problem haunting the people of Pakistan, a survey conducted by Gallup International in all four provinces of the cash-strapped country has said. The study, which was published by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan on Tuesday, said...
22:01
Islamic State confirmed the death of its former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and said Abu Ibrahim al Hashimi al Qurashi is named as new caliph.In an audio statement by spokesman Abu Hamza al Qurashi published on IS social media accounts, the group also confirmed the death of former spokesman Abu...
21:32
All central laws -- such as the anti-corruption act and provisions of the IPC -- will be applicable in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from Thursday, according to a notification issued by the Union home ministry. Some of these laws were until now not applicable to the...
21:28
Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy, who has been at loggerheads with the Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on administrative issues, on Thursday said the Centre had posted a 'demon' here, as she has allegedly been impeding various welfare schemes.Addressing a meeting of the ruling Congress...
21:04
The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Thursday extended the deadline for filing of income tax returns to November 30 in the newly-created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The policy-making body for the Income Tax Department issued an order stating that on consideration of...
20:44
Amid tussle with the Bharatiya Janata Party over government formulation in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that he met Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar at his residence today.I met Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar at his residence today. I had come to...
19:52
India's growth is in barely positive territory, a top American think tank has said, noting that several key indicators are not just slowing down, but in absolute decline. In a study, two scholars from the Centre for Global Development examined new data and found further evidence that India's...
19:24
The government is committed to protecting fundamental rights of citizens and reports of breach of people's privacy are an attempt to malign India, home ministry officials said on Thursday in the wake of the WhatsApp snooping controversy. The officials also said the government will take...
19:04
The main runway of the Mumbai international airport will remain closed for eight hours everyday, except Sundays and select days, from November 4 to March 28, 2020 for carrying out re-carpeting work. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is the country's second busiest...
18:58
A delegation of Shiv Sena leaders, including MLA Aditya Thackeray, on Thursday met Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.A Sena leader said the delegation sought prompt financial aid for farmers hit by untimely rains.Others in the delegation included Maharashtra...
18:36
Emphasisng Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli's impact, former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer claimed that he saw selectors getting tea for Virat's wife and actor Anushka Sharma during a 2019 World Cup match in the UK.The 82-year-old Farokh Engineer was highly disappointed with the...
18:04
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Thailand from November 2-4 during which he will attend the ASEAN-India, East Asia and RCEP summits, the ministry of external affairs announced on Thursday. Modi will be visiting Bangkok at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha,...
17:56
Output of core infrastructure industries shrank by 5.2 per cent in September 2019 as seven of eight sectors witnessed negative growth, according to official data released on Thursday. The eight core sectors had expanded by 4.3 per cent in September 2018. Production of seven...
17:46
A 68-year-old man who had an account with the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank died in suburban Mulund, his relatives said on Thursday.They, however, did not the blame the crisis at the bank for his death.Keshumalbhai Hinduja is the sixth known PMC Bank depositor who died after...
17:07
India on Thursday hit back at China over its objection to the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, saying the reorganisation is entirely its internal affair and it does not expect other countries to comment on such matters. India also said that China continues to be in...
16:57
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called upon young IAS officers to work together for the nation, saying silos and hierarchy don't help the system. He called for working towards realing the vision of making India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25. Modi was addressing bureaucrats...
16:47
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that Modi government has viewed the Right to Information as an obstacle to enforcing their majoritarian agenda and that the amendments to the Act enacted by it will ensure that no information commissioner will be free from interference and...
16:17
Extending its gains for the fifth straight session, market benchmark BSE Sensex ended 77 points higher at 40,129 on Thursday on the back of a rally in IT and banking stocks. After touching a fresh lifetime high of 40,392.22 (intra-day), the 30-share index settled 77.18 points, or 0.19 per...
16:11
Congress leader Manish Tewari shares this throwback picture on Indira Gandhi's death anniversary today. An old Memory - October 1983. Recieved Late Mrs Indira Gandhi at my college DAV Chandigarh. I was then Vice President/ Acting President of the College Union. I am in the Centre where a hand...
16:09
Smaller NDA parties in Maharashtra have backed Devendra Fadnavis as the Chief Minister, said Union Minister Ramdas Athawale.Leaders of these parties including Republican Party of India, Mahadeo Jankar of Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, Vinayak Mete of Shiv Sangram, Sada Bhau Khot of Swabhimani Paksha met...
15:43
The IT Ministry on Thursday sought a detailed response from WhatsApp on the issue of an Israeli spyware that was allegedly used to target Indian journalists and human rights activists through its platform. WhatsApp has been asked to submit its reply by November 4. The ministry has...
15:38
While saffron allies Shiv Sena and BJP are bickering over the power-sharing formula even ten days after the state elections, Maharashtra Congress leaders on Thursday met NCP supremo Sharad Pawar here. State Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat and former chief ministers Ashok Chavan and...
15:18
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray put paid to reports that the party was softening its stance on power sharing in Maharashtra. Thackeray said there was no headway in talks with the BJP. Lashing out at Fadnavis, the BJP's legislative party chief and CM nominee, Thackeray said either he or...
14:56
The bodies of five labourers, killed in a terror attack in Kashmir, have arrived at their hometown in Murshidabad district on Thursday morning, accompanied by grief-stricken family members, state ministers and TMC leaders among others. Hundreds of people from far-flung areas have flocked Bahal...
14:28
The BJP targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday for his frequent foreign visits and the secrecy about those, asking if he was involved in some secret operation. Asserting that Gandhi's frequent foreign visits were a matter of public interest as he was a public representative, BJP...
14:06
Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde was on Thursday elected the party's leader in the state legislature. His candidature was proposed by party leader Aaditya Thackeray, whose name was also doing the rounds for the post. The election was announced at a meeting of the newly- elected Sena MLAs at...
14:03
The police have registered an FIR against a Twitter user for `threatening to kill' Shiv Sena spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi and the party's local corporator Sheetal Mhatre. An official of MHB police station in suburban Borivali said the first information report was registered against the user...
13:44
Describing Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as a stalwart of the Congress who was strongly opposed to the RSS, party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said she felt happy seeing the BJP's attempts to adopt the Iron Man of India as it showed that the saffron party did not have a great freedom...
13:35
And so, the state of Jammu and Kashmir ceases to exist. Girish Chandra Murmu takes oath as the first Lt. Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The oath of office to Murmu, who will turn 60 next month, was administered by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Justice Gita Mittal at a...
13:00
Pakistan violated its obligations under the Vienna Convention in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, International Court of Justice (ICJ) President Judge Abduylqawi Yusuf told the UN General Assembly at the United Nations. Presenting the report of the International Court of...
12:41
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has described as rumours reports that his party has softened its stand on the issue of sharing power in Maharashtra with ruling alliance partner BJP. Raut described reports in a section of media alluding to the 'softening of stand' by the Sena as hearsay. The (reports...
12:38
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed entities using an Israeli sypware Peagasus. WhatsApp said it was suing the NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology...
12:31
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the AIIMS director to constitute a medical board today itself to give opinion on the health of former finance minister P Chidambaram, who is suffering from Crohn's disease. The high court said Hyderabad-based gastroenterologist Nageshwara...
12:19
Onion and tomato prices continue to remain high in the range of Rs 60-70/kg in the retail markets of the national capital despite government measures. These two kitchen staples are being sold at up to Rs 70 per kg, depending on the quality and locality, as per trade data. The data...
11:51
Market benchmark BSE Sensex surged over 293 points to hit its record intra-day high of 40,344.99 on Thursday led by rally in index heavyweights Infosys, SBI, HDFC Bank and TCS. After opening on a strong note, the 30-share index was trading 263.69 points, or 0.66 per cent, higher at 40,315.56...
11:18
At least 46 people were killed and several others injured as a massive fire broke out on a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Thursday after a gas canister carried by a passenger exploded. The train, Tezgam, was on its way to Rawalpindi from Karachi when the fire broke out,...
10:57
Update: Veteran CPI leader and former MP Gurudas Dasgupta died on Thursday following a prolonged illness, party sources said. He was 83. Dasgupta is survived by his wife and daughter. He was suffering from lung cancer for the last several months, West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee...
10:53
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity on the occasion of his 144th birth anniversary. In October last year, Modi had inaugurated 'Statue of Unity' on the occasion of Patel's 143rd birth...
10:29
Congress leaders on Thursday paid tributes to late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 35th death anniversary and remembered her contribution to national security, economy and foreign policy. Congress President Sonia Gandhi, former President Pranab Mukherjee, former Vice President Hamid...
10:20
The rupee appreciated by 9 paise to 70.81 against the American currency in early trade on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate. A positive opening in the equity market, weak dollar against other major currencies overseas and persistent foreign fund inflows...
09:51
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid tribute to her grandmother and former PM, Indira Gandhi, on her death anniversary today. Priyanka posted a picture on Twitter of Indira Gandhi hugging a young girl, with her back to the camera -- presumably Priyanka -- with the words: Om Asato...
09:42
Shiv Sena has issued a list of seven MLAs supporting the party and has claimed its number in the Maharashtra Assembly to be 63, which is seven more than what it bagged in the recently concluded state Assembly elections.As per the list issued by Shiv Sena's media and communication department, four...
09:06
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Statue of Unity on the occasion of his 144th birth anniversary.'Tributes to the great Sardar Patel on his Jayanti. His contribution to our nation is monumental,' he tweeted earlier in the...
08:54
Radha Krishna Mathur was on Thursday sworn-in as the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh, which came into existence after bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir.The oath of office was administered by chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court Geeta Mittal at a simple function held at...
08:51
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Article 370 and Article 35A were the gateway of terrorism into Jammu and Kashmir which was closed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by abrogating them.Shah also said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's unfullfilled dream of integrating Jammu and Kashmir with...
08:41
JUST IN: Communist Party of India leader Gurudas Dasgupta passes away at the age of 83 in Kolkata.He was suffering from heart and kidney related ailments. -- ANI
08:39
A United States service dog who was injured during the raid at the hideout of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in northwestern Syria has returned to service, a top American general said.The dog is a four-year veteran of the SOCOM Canine Program and has been a member of approximately 50 combat missions, US...
08:30
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday flagged off a run to commemorate the 144th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the national capital.The 'Run for Unity', which began from the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, saw the participation of a large number of people, including...
08:08
The President's rule imposed in undivided Jammu and Kashmir was on Thursday revoked following bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories.The two UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh come into existence on Thursday after the central government on August 5 decided to abrogate the special...
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Bharatiya Janata Party's national vice president Om Mathur on Wednesday said the tussle for chief minister's post in Maharashtra would settle in a couple of days. He said the NDA government in Maharashtra which was voted to power in the assembly elections will also complete its tenure...
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